Hi Terry, sorry it took me a while to get back to you - too much pre-Christmas stress.
Yes, a button to toggle the pane would be fine, I should have thought of this. The main issue though is the remembering of the settings, since there are many variants of CSV files. On Sunday, December 2, 2018 at 4:15:45 PM UTC+1, Terry Brown wrote: > > On Fri, 30 Nov 2018 06:58:59 -0800 (PST) > Josef <joe...@gmx.net <javascript:>> wrote: > > > Hi Terry, > > > > after using edit-pane-csv for some time now, I have one big wish > > left: it would be great if Leo could remember the settings for each > > file, at least for @clean nodes. Ideally the csv pane would stay open > > for these nodes. > > Would a button that toggled the pane work? I can't remember if the > code has an easy way to set initial settings, but perhaps per-node > settings could be saved in p.v.u. > > Cheers -Terry > > > I have many csv files around, which I need to maintain manually on a > > regular basis, so it would be nice if Leo could remember the settings > > for each of these files, and it would be even better if I would not > > have to run the command edit-pane-csv on each file every time after I > > closed the associated Leo file. > > > > Cheers - Josef > > > > On Friday, August 10, 2018 at 5:38:37 PM UTC+2, Terry Brown wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 08:14:53 -0700 (PDT) > > > Josef <joe...@gmx.net <javascript:>> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Terry > > > > > > > > I tried > > > > > > > > Leo 5.7.4 devel, build 20180807122609 > > > > > > > > and it did not work right away with a .latex file. It seems to > > > > get confused by the @language latex in the first line. It worked > > > > when I removed it. > > > > > > > > It would be nice if it would ignore leo directives. > > > > > > Hmm, it doesn't pay any attention to leo directives, and just > > > defaults to ',' CSV mode. Not sure what was going on there. > > > > > > > Another quirk is, that every line needs to have the same number > > > > of separators, but particularly when editing latex tables by hand > > > > one does not always enter all cells if they are empty anyway. > > > > This probably is a limitation of the Python CSV library, though. > > > > > > True... hmm, the design is that a series of lines with the same > > > number of separators is what *defines* a table. Probably > > > reasonable for CSV, but I can see the issue with LaTeX. > > > > > > The simplest way I can think of addressing that would be some way > > > to normalize the number of delimiters in a table, either have the > > > user select the whole table or incrementally bring in lines from > > > above / below the table, adding empty cells to them. > > > > > > But if I remember LaTeX tables, that will impact line drawing, > > > "1 & 2 \\" vs "1 & 2 & & \\" in a four column table for example, > > > the first leaves the rest of the line blank whereas the second > > > displays empty cells, if you're drawing lines between cells that > > > is. I think. > > > > I think it would also be nice if it could figure out the > > > > separator by itself and start up with a good suggestion, similar > > > > to the "sniffer" tool in the CSV module. > > > > > > Might be doable, although I'm guessing that usually you'd only need > > > to change it once per session, and having it guess too often might > > > make it less flexible in terms of editing different table types in > > > the same node etc. I did think of adding a presets dropdown for > > > CSV / tab / LaTeX / pipe etc. > > > > > > > That all said, thank you very much for this command. It makes my > > > > life a lot easier. > > > > > > Glad to hear it. > > > > > > Cheers -Terry > > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to leo-editor@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
